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How sure can you be that the font you specify will be present on the end user's machine? This is the latest snapshot of the of the Code Style Unix font survey and should give you greater confidence in selecting a font.
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The most common font reported on Linux systems is the cursive font URW Chancery L at 97% frequency, followed by sans serif URW Gothic L and serif font Century Schoolbook L. The monospace font Nimbus Mono L and serif font URW Bookman L complete the 5 most common Linux fonts at 94% frequency.
Linux fonts are not commonly regarded as Web safe and tend to be overlooked in standard font stacks. However, the 10 most common Linux fonts are available on 90% of distributions, far more common than Microsoft and Mac font families.
| Font name | Installed (%) | Sample | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URW Chancery L | 96.63% |
|
Sample | Image |
| URW Gothic L | 96.32% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Century Schoolbook L | 95.40% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Nimbus Mono L | 95.09% |
|
Sample | Image |
| URW Bookman L | 94.79% |
|
Sample | Image |
| URW Palladio L | 93.56% |
|
Sample | Image |
| DejaVu Sans Mono | 93.30% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Nimbus Sans L | 92.69% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bitstream Charter | 90.43% |
|
Sample | Image |
| DejaVu Sans | 89.95% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Nimbus Roman No9 L | 89.88% |
|
Sample | Image |
| DejaVu Sans Light | 88.46% |
|
Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Sans Mono | 85.58% |
|
Sample | Image |
| DejaVu Serif | 84.47% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bitstream Vera Sans | 83.74% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Courier 10 Pitch | 82.69% |
|
Sample | |
| DejaVu Sans Condensed | 80.38% |
|
Sample | |
| DejaVu Serif Condensed | 79.90% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Bright | 76.19% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Lucida Sans | 76.19% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Lucida Sans Typewriter | 76.19% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bitstream Vera Serif | 75.15% |
|
Sample | Image |
| FreeMono | 72.15% |
|
Sample | Image |
| FreeSerif | 72.15% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Liberation Mono | 71.77% |
|
Sample | |
| Liberation Serif | 71.77% |
|
Sample | |
| FreeSans | 71.23% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Liberation Sans | 70.81% |
|
Sample | |
| Arial | 65.64% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Courier New | 64.42% |
|
Sample | |
| Times New Roman | 61.04% |
|
Sample | |
| Verdana | 59.82% |
|
Sample | |
| Electron | 59.62% |
|
Sample | |
| Metal | 59.62% |
|
Sample | |
| Nice | 59.62% |
|
Sample | |
| Arial Black | 59.20% |
|
Sample | |
| Georgia | 57.98% |
|
Sample | |
| Impact | 57.67% |
|
Sample | |
| Trebuchet MS | 57.67% |
|
Sample | |
| Comic Sans MS | 57.06% |
|
Sample | |
These are only the top forty fonts, see the full Linux and Unix font survey results (about 100 KB) for a complete listing.
